Scientific Method Practice

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the INDEPENDENT variable is ...

• The type of plant

• The amount of sunlight

• The type of music

• The type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

This is the group that we will compare our experimental group to. This group stays "normal."

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

•  Normal Group

• Weird Group

The condition that you keep the same for each experimental group throughout the entire experiment.

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Constant

• Independent Variable

A man tested different types of gum to see which flavor lasted the longest. What is the independent variable?

• The different types of gum

• How long the flavor lasted

A man tested different types of gum to see which flavor lasted the longest. What is the dependent variable?

• The different types of gum

• How long the flavor lasted

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Scientists call the organized ways they answer questions the _________________________ .

• scientific method

• scientific explanation

• scientific notation

• scientific guesses

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The first step of the scientific method is to make a(n) ____________ of something in the world.

• observation

• paper airplane

• hypothesis

• conclusion

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data

• conclusions

• notebook

• inquiry

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NGSS.5-PS1-2

In a well designed experiment, you should change how many variables?

• only one

• no more than two

• none at all

• as many as are needed

The one variable you change is called the ___________ variable.

• independent

• dependent

• controlled

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2